Ghostwriter Diaries – What’s in a Theme?

I’vejust submittedthe first part of the second novelof the fantasy trilogy I’m ghostwriting. The book has three parts, so I’mabout six chapters short of the halfway mark for the project as whole. Hurrah!

Something unexpected has crept into this second book. Something I’m always wary of. It’s something that every writer encounters from time to time, a seductive beast capable of wrapping its many tentacles aroundyour finely crafted prose and either elevating it to dizzying heights … or squeezing...